Racha

Lobiani

Name: Lobiani
Prep time: 10 h
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 11 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: 3 2/3 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tsp instant dry yeast; 3/4 cup curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); Water, about 1/2 cup, warm; 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 tsp sugar; 2 tsp divided salt; 1 cup dry soaked overnight rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans); 1 medium finely chopped onion; 4 tbsp divided butter; 1/2 tsp khmeli suneli; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1 to brush egg

Khachapuri's bean filled sibling. Comforting, cheap and surprisingly addictive.

90 minTime

19 gProtein each

mildSpice

10hPlan ahead. Soak for 10 hours first; the 90 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayRacha style: bean filling enriched with butter or bacon.

The original

533kcalsame

19 gproteinsame

11 gfibresame

90minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)3⅔ cups

Instant dry yeast2 tsp

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¾ cup

Waterabout 1/2 cup, warm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Sugar1 tsp

Salt2 tsp, divided

Rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans)1 cup dry, soaked overnight

Onion1 medium, finely chopped

Butter4 tbsp, divided

Khmeli suneli½ tsp

Black pepper½ tsp

Egg1, to brush

Method

5 steps

1Boil the soaked beans until very soft, drain and mash with a little of their water.
2Fry the onion in 40 g butter until golden; mix into the beans with khmeli suneli, pepper and 1 tsp salt. Cool.
3Mix flour, yeast, sugar, remaining salt, curd, water and oil into a soft dough. Knead and rise until doubled.
4Divide in two. Flatten each, wrap around half the filling, seal and roll gently into a 25 cm round. Poke a small hole in the top and brush with egg.
5Bake at 220°C until deep golden. Brush with the remaining butter and cut into wedges.

Serve it like this

Cut into wedges on a board while warm, filling showing. Serve with pickles and tea.

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